A Silicon 60-GHz Receiver and Transmitter Chipset for Broadband Communications

Author

Reynolds, Scott K. ; Floyd, Brian A. ; Pfeiffer, Ullrich R. ; Beukema, Troy ; Grzyb, Janusz ; Haymes, Chuck ; Gaucher, Brian ; Soyuer, Mehmet

Author_Institution

IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

Volume

41

Issue

12

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2820

Lastpage

2831

Abstract

A 0.13-mum SiGe BiCMOS double-conversion superheterodyne receiver and transmitter chipset for data communications in the 60-GHz band is presented. The receiver chip includes an image-reject low-noise amplifier (LNA), RF-to-IF mixer, IF amplifier strip, quadrature IF-to-baseband mixers, phase-locked loop (PLL), and frequency tripler. It achieves a 6-dB noise figure, -30 dBm IIP3, and consumes 500 mW. The transmitter chip includes a power amplifier, image-reject driver, IF-to-RF upmixer, IF amplifier strip, quadrature baseband-to-IF mixers, PLL, and frequency tripler. It achieves output P_1dB of 10 to 12dBm, P_sat of 15 to 17 dBm, and consumes 800 mW. The chips have been packaged with planar antennas, and a wireless data link at 630 Mb/s over 10 m has been demonstrated

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; antenna phased arrays; data communication; frequency convertors; millimetre wave antenna arrays; millimetre wave integrated circuits; mixers (circuits); radio receivers; radio transmitters; voltage-controlled oscillators; 0.13 micron; 500 mW; 6 dB; 60 GHz; 630 Mbit/s; 800 mW; BiCMOS double-conversion superheterodyne receiver; IF amplifier strip; IF-to-RF upmixer; RF-to-IF mixer; SiGe; broadband communications; data communications; frequency tripler; image-reject driver; image-reject low-noise amplifier; millimeter-wave integrated circuits; phase locked loops; phase-locked loop; planar antennas; power amplifier; quadrature IF-to-baseband mixers; quadrature baseband-to-IF mixers; silicon receiver chipset; silicon transmitter chipset; superheterodyne transmitter; voltage-controlled oscillator; wireless data link; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Broadband amplifiers; Broadband communication; Data communication; Germanium silicon alloys; Low-noise amplifiers; Phase locked loops; Power amplifiers; Silicon germanium; Transmitters; 60 GHz; Low-noise amplifier; SiGe; V-band; millimeter-wave integrated circuits; mixer; power amplifier; superheterodyne receiver; superheterodyne transmitter; voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.2006.884820

Filename

4014631